Comments accepted, criticism adored, flames ignored. Unless they're really funny, in which case I may share them with my friends. Hey, there's nothing you can say that I didn't hear from my college profs.

I started this profile to post stories about the Coldifre Trilogy, a really sweet piece of writing by C. S. Friedman that you've just got to check out. I notice that it's growing a fandom, finally. It took eight years, but better late than never. Clearly, my array of interests has grown since then, with sporadic stories in whatever fandoms manage to inspire me to write, but really, this whole idea was a gesture to someone I've never met, but who wrote some terrific stories about the Coldfire trilogy and only wanted to read some. Here's to you, Karasu Tendo!

I do enjoy emails from fellow fans (and they by no means have to have anything to do with my writing), and I do enjoy hearing from folks on LJ. Go ahead, post on my blog. Don't feel shy about leaving random comments, friending me, or what have you. I do have a bit of additional fanfic on my LJ that I keep under a filter, mainly stuff I either haven't finished (and let's be honest, probably won't) or that I didn't feel was polished enough to flash around on here. I have no reservations about people reading it; my friends simply have a lot of different interests and I don't want to bother them all with fanfic they're not interested in. If you want to see it and you have a Livejournal account, just drop me a note and I'll make a point of adding you.

Since FF.net doesn't like porn (and also their upload interface drives me bonkers), you can also find my work (including what I don't post here) in the following places:

PrettyArbitrary on Archive Of Our Own (AO3): arbitrary_fic on Livejournal: PrettyArbitrary on Tumblr:

June 2012 update: My BBC Sherlock fic, No One's Bitch, got wiped out in FF.net's latest censorship purge. For the vulgar word in the title, they told me. See, this sort of thing is why I never post any of my explicit porn over here.

If Soma thought dealing with the Castle, his past, and Celia's rip off of a castle was hard, then he better watch out. Manipulation and deceptions are 'not' exclusive providence of the Castle. The world may not be ready for the return of the Dark Children

The turtles must endure a rather belated Talk about the birds and the bees. Mortification ensues! Set after the 2007 CGI movie, but elements of the 2K3 and Mirage comics have been thrown in for funsies. Rated M for mature due to the adult content including sex, drugs, and too-realistic descriptions of a ninja turtle's naughty bits. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

G1. Earth date 2038. The Quintessons hit Earth with an invasion force from hell. Some Autobots and Humans are lucky enough to escape but they have few allies, no rescources and their leaders are dying.

AU: Michelangelo signs the guys up to spend the night in the most haunted castle in England. But, will they even survive the night? *** Updated, Michelangelo awakens from his slumbers, but where is he and is he alone?*** Please review!

How far would you go to save someone you loved? What price would you pay to protect your family? Your mind? Your soul? (I've taken the "out of left field" arc from "Mirrors" and finally organized it into a cohesive group! There's a little bit of new content here and there, but the plot is the same.)

How do you pick up the pieces after the world ends? Based on the RiD, MTMTE, and Dark Cybertron finale, five short pieces dealing with the days coming after. (Note: this work is written in its entirety by Beri, Aspen's sister. It's her first published story! :D )

Duplicity n. 1. Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. 2. The quality or state of being twofold or double. TMNT. After so many years, could he still be the same brother they remember... or has he changed beyond all recognition? AU.

The epic tale of the Winchesters teaming up with an incubus who has the hots for Dean, and how he changes their lives forever. Starts after Season 2 finale for an alternate Seasons 3-5. Dean x OMC. Eventual Sam x Sarah Blake.

"The sounds were growing, as were the shaking of the cave's walls. It had only been luck that had kept the Decepticon and Autobot leaders alive, and it seemed like their luck was running out." Megatron/Optimus

Giftfic for Lyricality; sequel to Recoil. Optimus has agreed to Megatron's terms and exchanged his freedom for the Autobots' safety. Megatron has had him repaired, polished, and branded anew with the Decepticons' symbol - and had him brought to his berth. But after centuries of war and a coercive bargain, can anything between them be repaired? M for sticky and dub-con.

Giftfic for Lyricality. Yet more fix-it fic for Season 2. With Orion Pax on their side, the Decepticons have won the war. Megatron exults in his victory - and in his new consort. But Orion is plagued with doubt, and his recharge is filled with nightmares. M for sticky, dub-con, and Megatron being a horribly manipulative bastard.

In a world where Materia is but a mere memory, the Planet demands an ancient war hero be brought back to neutralise an ancient war threat. Cloud has always been condoning of the Planet's wiles. Not quite so anymore, now that Sephiroth is in the picture.

Lord Megatron and Optimus Prime have been caught in a never ending, but precariously balanced struggle since before the human race had language. That balance has been broken, and as Optimus' world begins to shatter Megatron is there, waiting with a smile.

SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON FINALE IN THE FIC AND IN THIS SUMMARY. Orion Pax is adjusting to life on the Nemesis, but his fellow Decepticons keep reminding him of that hole in his memories. He's rapidly deciding he needs to know what he's lost... and why.

I feel a gate opening. I don't know where, but it's opening. And I know it has something to do with the dead things that have been showing up on our freaking doorstep. That, and the attempts on Niko's life . . .

SPOILER ALERT FOR SEASON 2 FINALE! When Chance tells Guerrero he kissed Ilsa things get VERY complicated VERY quickly. Brief Chance and Ilsa then Chance and Guerrero Slash. This is a non-fluffy Chance/Guerrero love story.

Danger is Sherlock's life, but this game of Moriarty's pushes it beyond anything else Sherlock and John have ever known. When the game is this deadly, there can only be one winner. And when you're playing for your life, you need something to live for.

Minific for a comment challenge over on LJ. Megatron has captured Optimus Prime, and of course he and Starscream decide to have a bit of fun with their prisoner. Rated T for torture, painplay/SM - yes, both - , and nonexplicit sexual content.

Chance sees Guerrero for the first time since he left his old life and he owes him an explanation. Winston is less than thrilled to meet him. ORIGINALLY POSTED AS FIRST IMPRESSIONS BUT REWORKED AND EXTENDED.

Harry returns to Privet Drive after 4th year and finds it...empty! What do you do when you can't go to your friends for help? Additional Story Notes FYI: a. AU Summer before Fifth Year Fic, b. Not particularly fast paced.

A certain oblivious Colonel is beginning to catch the first drops of rain from the Cloud of Doom. Face gives his expert opinion on the infamous "L" word and nearly gives Murdock and B.A. heart attacks. Sequel to A Hard Day's Night.

Face is determined to bury the proof of his questionable sanity but Murdock figures it out. B.A. is suddenly tuned in to Channel Murdock. And a certain Colonel is STILL oblivious. Sequel to With A Little Help Fom My Friends.

One man faces the wrath of his superiors. Three soldiers walk into a bar. Before they were the A-Team, before eight years and eighty missions, before they were friends, they were strangers whose paths had crossed. Set in the aftermath of Mexico...

Behold, the popcorn chicken of Hannibal related short fiction! Stories ranging from 100 to 500 words written for the fanfic100 challenge on LiveJournal, all featuring Hannibal. New pieces added periodically. Can I offer you some BBQ sauce to go with that?

Civil War. Steve/Tony. Several times he sucks in a sharp breath, intending to say something aloud, but the thought of his voice marring the heavy silence seems somehow grotesque, and his words choke off into nothing.

Unable to escape the nightmares of his past, Cloud finds himself searching for answers to a mysterious envelope that appears in the bar which simply had the word "Live." written inside. A word that surfaces from his memory of the SOLDIER from long ago.

A Captain can't be a Captain if he can't speak, and, after being taken hostage and tortured, speech is something Kirk seems to be having a problem with. Chances are good it is a temporary condition, but the thought prevails...what if it's not?

Fifteen Years after the Calamity, Cloud hasn't aged a day, and the members of Avalanche have slowly grown apart. Cloud keeps a secret he doesn't want anyone to find, but will the secret keep? Cloud.Sephiroth Based on events of the original game only.

Gaignun and Jr. are living peacefully in the time after episode one. Gaignun starts realizing his feelings for his older brother might be more than he'd thought, but Albedo's not giving him the chance to confess it. GaignunxJr.xAlbedo. M just in case.

All Shawn had to do was apply pressure to the wound, keep him comfortable and keep him conscious until the ambulance arrived. Keeping Lassiter alive would be the longest and most frightening moments of Shawn’s life.

The Enterprise has vanished and they don't have the first blue's clue as to why. Stranded on a planet where the past is a test, it's pretty lucky they're together. Because Jim Kirk is fighting not to loose it, and he needs all the help he can get.

The bad news is that one of Lassiter's highest profile arrests has just escaped from prison. The worse news is that his best hope of tracking him down is a sleep-deprived Shawn Spencer. Shawn/Lassiter preslash.

Megatron forces a sparkling on Optimus in the hopes that their offspring will be powerful enough to end the war. Despite the Autobot's concerns, he fights to keep it. Mpreg, Optimus/Megatron, eventually Optimus/Ironhide with mechslash

It was meant to be an experiment to control the Red Dragon. Sadly, when an onslaught of tragedy and madness pushes Rubedo to his limits, The PATHOS Incident christens Miltia the "second" place U.R.T.V. Number 666 sacrificed comrades. Pre-Series. Complete.

Post game fic. Altair and Malik's hunt for the remaining Eden fragments looks set to take them to some strange places, but none stranger than the Great Pyramid at Giza. And they're not the only ones searching....

Postgame fic. The Brotherhood has a new leader...and it's not Altair. Disaffected, Altair decides to leave Masyaf and search for the remaining Eden fragments. However, he's got one more job to complete before he leaves, and a rather unwilling companion..

Full title:"Five Times Lassiter Didn't See Shawn Fire a Weapon...and the one time he did" for a challenge on psychfic. A series of 5 scenes where the Detective hears about Shawn's ability, and one where he finally sees it. Complete with epilogue! No Slash

Megatron, not having seen horror films from Earth, doesn't know that creepy secret passages aren't good places to hang around in. I don't know if the others are aware of that, but it's not like they have a choice, do they? Oneshot.

Hell wasn't some tangible place deep under ground, wasn't a fiery furnace with demons and brimstone. You didn't sink through layers of rock and earth and land next to some guy with a pitchfork and a pointy tail... Dean's back, but it's never that easy.

The first 5-yr mission over, Nogura seeks to manipulate Kirk into a pseudo-diplomatic job, banking on his record to draw new additions to the Federation. But Kirk has other ideas - darker and more dangerous.

Complete. Oneshot series, semi-crossover with Golden Compass. 9: Optimus; But while they could almost visualize the dæmons of their intergalactic friends, Optimus’ remained hidden inside him. Optimus was an enigma.

[ Slash ] Eddie Brock thought at first that his hatred for Spiderman, for Peter Parker, would never change. But as he and the Symbiote merge into the creature known as Venom, he finds that hatred isn't as simple as it seems...

Sam and Dean head into the Pine Barrens to investigate a series of disappearances, and soon find themselves targeted by the local legend. Set in first season. Winner of the 2007 Fan Q Award for Best Supernatural Story.

Iron Man's greatest enemies combine forces to take the Golden Avenger down once and for all. This is my tribute to everything that is great about ol' Shellhead. Now if only Marvel could publish his book on a monthly basis again.

ArmadaXG1 COMPLETE OMG!] The final challenge how do they get home? Luckily the answer choses to come to them easily. But the mystery remains, what has been happening while they were away? And what remains left for them to find? SEQUEL PLANNED

Doom brings Cap back from the dead, whereupon he has to deal with Doombots, Red Skull, the Mandarin, Registration, a bunch of bickering superheroes, and Tony's apparent nervous breakdown. Slash: Captain AmericaxIron Man

Things have not been going well since Leo returned from his leadership training. It takes a horrific accident to finally open the family’s eyes to the conflicts and feelings of their most reserved brother.

A very short [400 word] missing scene from the Team's return to Vietnam in the episode The Sound of Thunder. Memories are a hard thing to escape, especially when you find yourself back in the place where you made them.

Something strange is happening to Michelangelo when he is caught in the wake of a rift in space and time. When he discovers that his family is disappearing one by one, he must find out what is happening to him, and to his family, and who is causing it.

He’s hanging upside down in the middle of the great underdark, weighed down by a half hysterical turtle in the middle of a bunch of pipes and water and rock that are conspiring to kill us both off, and Leo still manages to sound like he Has A Plan.

BEWARE!RAPHLEOslashiness! It is possible to love and hate someone simultaneously. Even your own brother. It's how far you choose to take that love ... how far you choose to take that hate ... that will determine how fate judges you.

Gen1, AU, set where the movie and seasons three and four currently reside. The Autobots recieve word of an artefact that could mean the end of all life, both on Earth and on Cybertron, and Starscream makes a bid for power.

Misadventures in Maliciously Misattributed Medication' On a routine training mission, Leonardo finds himself on the wrong end of yet another dart, and hijinks ensue. Also, Raphael is a jerk. Bad feng shui and spices enclosed. Concrit well received.

G1 A malevolent virus infects the Matrix. Terrifying, inexplicable phenomena imperil cities Fortress Maximus and Central City as Optimus and Rodimus Prime lose their sanity. And there is no known cure. R&R

In the wake of facing his future, Danny must fight a new enemy with frightening powers. He knows the power of choices now, but that doesn't mean he'll make the right ones without some help. UPDATED FINALLY

Sometimes, life bashes you upside the head with a brick in a sock. Hogwarts is about to get its latest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, a man cast adrift from his native world- a man named John Constantine.

Vash couldn't remember the details of the days that he spent with Wolfwood. They blended together like a stack of newspaper that had gotten wet, each page soaked through to the next until you couldn't read any of it.

When Danny gets an anonymous, expensive present through the mail for his 15th birthday, he couldn't be more excited. However, when he starts acting strangely, he realizes he has to overcome the evil inside of him...evil that doesn't come from the future.

AU. Sirius arrived at Godrics Hollow first on Halloween 1981 and took Harry Potter before Hagrid arrived. Now everyone thinks Sirius has turned evil, taken Remus with him and that Harry has been lost forever. If only they knew what a mistake they made...

[Sequel to Recnac Transfaerso] Finally, Harry's in for a perfect summer with his godfather and friends, or so it begins. But being Harry Potter means that nothing can stay peaceful for long. {Complete}

Sequel to Discovery; takes place a few months later. Yugi and Atem have started a new life, and possibly a new relationship, when they are abruptly separated. Who has done this and what will Yugi do to get his yami back? Yaoi YXYY COMPLETED

A series of tragic events leads Dante back to the past he'd been trying to forget and all of a sudden he finds himself fighting for the evil he'd vowed to destroy. Will the darkness rise because of him?

M/M, Two souls are brought back to the land of the living, how will Cloud react now that he's older and wiser? How will they fix a broken world? How will he prevent his heart from breaking? DISCONTINUED.

A/U- Sirius didn’t kill the 13 muggles. He only killed Peter, and was released from Prison after only10 years in there. Then he disappeared. Now, Harry’s sparked interest in his missing godfather leads him to a man who calls Himself ‘The Grim.’

Harry Potter xover. Dumbledore decides it's time for a change, hiring a new... History of Magic prof! A History of Magic prof with tricoloured hair, violet eyes and an unusual affinity for black leather.

WARNING: yaoi, basically one-sided Knives/Vash, warnings inside. It hurts to be betrayed by the ones you love. Vash and Knives know this well. But when the misunderstanding is that one betrayed the other, things get a bit more complicated than intended.

It’s all fun and games until someone ends up between his travelling companion’s legs with said companion’s lips tracing fire up his neck. Okay, so maybe it’s still fun and games. Some unnecessarily fluffy shounen-ai for the masses.

[Of Western Stars verse] In which twelve year old Harry stumbles upon the facts of life. In which an overprotective godfather crashes some last minute plans to salvage his godson’s innocence. In which a potions master reads a very strange essay.

2 years after the 'Cyrga Affair', Sparhawk returns from Chyrellos to find old friends gathered again. News of Krager's return spurns hatred and a new sense of fear in Sparhawk's heart; clearly, his days of adventure are far from over...

[complete] Sirius comes across a picture of Harry five years into his imprisonment, and decides to see his godson at all costs. But when he finds Harry neglected and abused, he makes a decision that entangles them both in more troubles than ever before

After episode twenty three I had to write this. LOTS of Wolfwood spoilers, HUGE DIRTY MEAN Wolfwood spoilers. You have been warned. Slightly shounen ai, but nothing bad at all, and really romantic/sad...

Life demands more than observation from a distance, and John has never cared what Sherlock knows about him, so with no pretense he begins licking the blood out of the defensive cuts on his own forearms, setting the cuts to fresh stinging. (Slash, blood, no violence.)

There exist a thousand different sugars in the world, from agave nectar to sugar cane, and a million desserts to be made with them, and Mycroft wants to know how every single one tastes when he licks it off John's tongue and skin.

Sherlock's work gets them into a lot of strange situations, but up to his armpits in cute little orphans is not a place John ever expected to find himself with Sherlock. Fluffy adventure with no deeper meaning.

John still knows where he is, in a dimly-lit lab out of a Michael Crichton novel, but damned if that rattling noise doesn't remind him of gunfire in a hot zone, and the spots flooding his eyes are sun on the desert, burning his retinas. Spoilers for HOUN

After I watched the episode Exodus, I thought, surely Leonardo couldn't have been the only one to come away with issues. Donatello must have had some pretty substantial thoughts of his own regarding the incident! 2003 cartoon.

Coldfire Trilogy: Tarrant and Damien race home to prevent the demon Calesta from destroying the Church and human civilization. With his only companion an evil undead sorcerer, Damien feels he carries the burden alone, and it weighs.